Shagg defeats incumbent for mayor in Pennsburg

Republican challenger Charles Shagg defeated incumbent Democrat William Umbehauer in the race for Pennsburg mayor, according to unofficial election results.

Incumbents generally fared well in the Pennsburg Borough Council race, where five seats were up for grabs.

Shagg received 337 votes to 97 for Umbehauer. Four candidates won four-year terms on council, and one candidate won a two-year term.

In the six-way race for the four-year terms, incumbent Republican Diane Stevens finished first with 303 votes, followed by Republican John M. Kevin with 268, incumbent Democrat Scott Seip with 239 and incumbent Republican Phyllis Bittenbender, 237.

Incumbent Democrat Jeffrey L. McMurtrie, who polled 171 votes, and Republican Ronald Diehl, who received 130, finished out of the top four and were not elected.

Republican Walter R. Wooden and Democrat Robert Litz, both newcomers, received 101 and 61 votes apiece after voters in this borough of less than 1,000 people went to the polls.

Incumbent Mayor Todd R. Myers, a Republican, ran unopposed.

Myers, 41, was appointed more than a year ago to fill the unexpired term of William Aubel, who retired and moved to Florida.

One of his biggest concerns, Myers has said, is preserving the borough's open space.

Trumbauersville

Two Democrats and two Republicans won seats in Tuesday's elections for Trumbauersville Borough Council, according to unofficial results.

Republican incumbent Frederick J. Potter with 127 votes and newcomer Gene Di Natale, also a Republican, with 126 votes, will sit on the council with Democrats Orvis L. Nace (114 votes), an incumbent, and newcomer Edward Thomas (89), according to unofficial results.

The four edged out Lorraine E. Tusavitz, who polled 88 votes.

Incumbent Republican Robert Wayne Moyer ran unopposed in this borough of less than 1,000 people in the northwestern corner of Bucks County.

Tax Collector Betsy Moyer, a Republican, ran unopposed.

Sellersville

Incumbent Democrat Howard W. Eckert Jr. edged out his Republican challenger by 44 votes on Tuesday to win a four-year term as mayor of Sellersville, according to unofficial vote results.

Eckert, 76, a longtime councilman who was appointed mayor after the death of former Mayor Joseph E. Hufnagle in October 2000, won 407 votes to Anthony Del Conte's 363 votes.

A retired engineer who continues consulting work, Eckert has served on Borough Council for 33 years and is past president of council and the State Association of Boroughs.

"My campaign was to leave Sellersville as it was, and I think that made a difference," Eckert said after the unofficial results came in.

Eckert is a longtime Democrat in a borough where the ratio of Republicans to Democrats is a little less than 2:1, he said.

"The results make me feel really good that I got such a strong showing from so many people," said Del Conte, 32, an e-commerce representative for De Lage Financial Services in Wayne who has lived in Sellersville for four years.

Incumbent Thomas C. Hufnagle, the son of the late mayor and a Democrat, was one of two Democrats and two Republicans who ran for four open seats on Borough Council. Hufnagle, Democrat Frank Wenger Jr. and Republicans Douglas J. Smith and Matthew A. Swierzewski will serve four-year terms.